Klarinet Archive - Posting 000118.txt from 1994/06

From: Kurt Hoffman <Supine@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: When buying a new clarinet
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 17:50:41 -0400

Dan Leeson (leeson@-----.edu) writes:
" what we have never discussed on this board is the consideration of a
German clarinet made with a French fingering system. Most of us will not
consider playing a German clarinet because that means a German fingering
system
[....] And, of course, there is the added complication of the mouthpiece that
is larger with a German clarinet (with all the attendant reed consequences
of that matter)[....]I saw a pair of Wurlitzer clarinets made
for an American and they were made in a French system. The bore was
German as was the mouthpiece"

This is intriguing. But can anyone characterize the difference in sound with
these
German instruments and mouthpieces vs. the familiar French, etc.?

Kurt Hoffman